It's This Week in Bourbon for October 17th 2025. TTB Shutdown Plan Details, Kentucky has reached an all-time high of 16.1 million aging barrels of Bourbon, and Pursuit Spirits has released Pursuit United Kodama Mizunara Bourbon.

Show Notes:

TTB releases shutdown plan, furloughing 398 staff and immediately halting C-label and permit approvals if federal funding lapses
Casey Jones Distillery launches a "Bottle Your Own Bourbon Experience" featuring a Triple Casked Amburana finish for $89.99
A federal judge rejected the Kentucky Owl/Stoli Group bankruptcy plan, ruling that the "dismal" bourbon market makes selling barrels to cover their $78 million debt unfeasible
California has legalized a temporary one-year Direct-to-Consumer (DtC) spirits shipping for craft distilleries (under 150K gallons) starting January 2026
Jack Daniel's is ending its decades-long free cattle feed program, diverting the byproduct for fertilizer and forcing many local farmers to exit the cattle business
Buffalo Trace is debuting a new Halloween experience called "Night at the Distillery," featuring a folklore tour and a Private Ghost Hunting giveaway
Kentucky's aging barrel inventory has reached an all-time high of 16.1 million barrels, leading distillers to pay $75 million in taxes this year
Sagamore Spirit debuts its first High Rye Straight Bourbon (6-year, 118 proof), blending Kentucky and Maryland styles for $49
Woodford Reserve releases a limited Barrel Strength Rye at 125.1 proof, using its pre-prohibition style mash bill for $129.99 SRP
High West releases A Midwinter Night’s Dram Act 13, a limited Rendezvous Rye finished in Ruby and Tawny Port barrels
Templeton Distillery unveils its highly limited 13-Year-Old Rye (108 proof) as the first in its "Hidden Stash" collection for $169.99
Smokeye Hill announces its first rye expression, a 5-year Barrel Proof Rye (131+ proof) with blue corn and high-altitude aging for $89.99
Four Roses and New Belgium Brewing release Oakspire Bourbon Barrel Ale, a limited annual collaboration infused with charred oak and bourbon-soaked spirals
The Ingram Distillery releases the 2025 Flagship Bourbon, a micro-batch of only eight high-rye barrels aged on the Mississippi River at 116.5 proof
Russell’s Reserve announces Single Rickhouse Collection Camp Nelson E, a 128-proof bourbon from the fifth floor of the Camp Nelson E rickhouse
Bluegrass Distillers partners with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses to release a limited 100-proof Toasted Oak Bourbon for $50 MSRP
Buffalo Trace adds Colonel E.H. Taylor Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon to the BTAC, the collection's first new expression since 2006
Heaven Hill launches Grain to Glass Specialty Barrel Series, a $129.99 allocated release of three 6-year whiskies aged in Chinquapin Oak barrels
Chattanooga Whiskey releases its Bottled in Bond Fall 2021 Vintage, featuring the debut of the new SB104 mash bill in the blend for $52.99
Pursuit Spirits releases Kodama Mizunara Bourbon (117 Proof), a blend finished in both Japanese Mizunara and Infrared-Toasted American Oak for $89.99
Penelope Bourbon launches a limited-edition Apple Cinnamon Old Fashioned ready-to-pour cocktail (80 proof) for $29.99 MSRP
Old Overholt launches a limited, unfiltered 12-Year Extra Aged Cask Strength Rye (53–65% ABV) for $109.99 SRP
Blue Run Spirits releases a 111-proof Chicago Bears commemorative High Rye Bourbon to honor the 1985 team for $89.99 SRP
Woodford Reserve unveils its 2025 holiday bottle featuring a sage and berry garland design collaboration with fashion designer Alexandra O’Neill
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